Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Wheat Board says its exports for the crop year ending July 31 are at a 10-year high, but that they will be sharply lower in the coming year due to poor crop prospects in Western Canada. Exports of wheat, durum and barley for 2009-10 will total 18.8 million tonnes, the CWB said at […] Read more
Good export year ends, poor one looms: CWB
Ontario extends risk management pilot program
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Ontario government say it is temporarily extending the Risk Management Program (RMP) pilot program for grain and oilseed producers for the 2010 crop year. The program helps farmers offset losses caused by low grain and oilseed commodity prices. In 2010, prices for grain and oilseed have dropped more than 25 per cent, significantly below […] Read more
Former Australian Wheat Board swallowed in merger
Reading Time: < 1 minute Australia’s largest grain company has been formed by the takeover of AWB by larger rival GrainCorp. The move is seen as an attempt to fend off domination of Australian grain trading by large international companies such as Glencore, Cargill, Bunge and Louis Dreyfus. Quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald, AWB managing director Gordon Davis said […] Read more
First vessel due in Churchill
Reading Time: < 1 minute Manitoba’s agriculture minister will be greeting the first vessel to arrive at the Port of Churchill this year. “The arrival of the first ship is an exciting time and an important marketing link for the grain produced in Manitoba and across the prairies,” Stan Struthers said in a release. The MV Federal Danube is scheduled to […] Read more
Candidate declares for CWB director elections
Reading Time: < 1 minute Terry Youzwa, a Nipawin, Sask.-area grain, oilseeds and pulse grower, has announced he will run as a candidate for District 7 director in this fall’s Canadian Wheat Board election. Youzwa was a director with Agricore United (formally UGG) from 1990 to 2007 and is a director of the Canola Council of Canada and SaskCanola. In […] Read more
Feds fund research for best barley in Japanese tipple
Reading Time: < 1 minute The federal government has announced funding of more that $1 million to the Alberta Barley Commission to identify barley varieties and develop markets for a Japanese specialty beverage market. A government release said the target market for the varieties is shochu, a popular Japanese drink derived from barley. While shochu is expected to be the […] Read more
Saturday is Food Day
Reading Time: < 1 minute The federal government is calling on Canadians to celebrate the eighth annual Food Day on Saturday, July 31. “What better day than Food Day to celebrate Canada’s hard working farm families and their important contribution to our economy, our country, and the health of consumers at home and around the world,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz […] Read more
Lower world wheat production, but ample stocks
Reading Time: < 1 minute The International Grains Council has cut its estimate of 2010 world wheat production to 651 million tonnes, a drop of 13 million tonnes from its estimate last month, mainly because of reduced crop prospects in Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union and Western Canada. However, the IGC sees carryover stocks at 192 million tones, down […] Read more
Insect watch enters critical period: Canola Council
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canola Council of Canada’s latest Canola Watch says the insect watch has entered a critical phase. There has been spraying for lygus, bertha armyworm and diamondback moth larvae in some regions. Highlights: • Blackleg is widespread in southern Manitoba. • Alternaria is showing up in B. juncea canola. • Light stands encourage some growers […] Read more
BMO offers deferrals for flood-affected agricultural businesses
Reading Time: < 1 minute BMO Bank of Montreal says it has launched a program for its commercial customers affected by the extensive damage from flooding on the Prairies earlier this summer. Under the Financial Flood Relief Program, BMO customers can apply for deferred principal payments and/or a waiver of new loan application or renewal fees. BMO says the program is […] Read more
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